Having spent a great deal of time wandering around the internet reading travel blogs, I come to the conclusion that there are five essential ingredients to creating a good travel blog.
1. Make it Interesting - nobody, possibly not even your mother, is interesting in reading an itinerary. Create a living, breathing blog. After all, you’re writing about travel here and there is nothing more alive than travel. Share antidotes. Explain why a place is worth visiting. Be descriptive - focus on colors, the smells, the sounds, the music.
2. Be Informative - people read travel blogs to discover new places to visit or learn more about places they’ve been or want to go. So share the knowledge. Tell them how to get there, inform them about festivals, costs, accommodation and transportation. Give them the true scoop on a place, warts and all.
3. Use Dynamic Visuals - photographs talk. Post photographs that will make reader’s mouth water, stimulate their senses, and make feel that they are there with you.
4. Entertain your readers - share your travel antidotes. Got blisters walking the trails of the Grand Canyon, ate grubs at a wild food festival, drove a Cadillac along Route 66. Share the experience. Make the readers laugh out loud. Help them hear the music.
5. Post consistently - let your readers know when and how often you are going to post. The more you blog, the more likely the readers will stick around. If you’re only going to blog once or twice a week, tell the readers. If you’re taking a break from blogging while your on the road, let them know when you’ll be back.
To help you out, here’s some key words to focus on when writing your travel blog …
T - Tantalizing Tempting Thrilling Timely Tremendous Truthful
R - Reliable Regular Radiant Real Refreshing Remarkable Responsible
A - Appealing Absorbing Adventureous Amusing Astmospheric Authentic
V - Visual Vibrant Vocal Valuable Valid
E - Enthralling Entertaining Eloquent Energetic Enjoyable Enticing
L - Lively Leading Liberating Limitless Loaded
Further Reading:
5 Ways To Craft Brilliant Travel Blog Headlines
How to Make Me Read Your Travel Blog. Or Not.
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